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Possible screenshots of Blizzard's cancelled survival game 'Odyssey' have leaked online via a Russian social media site.

A few more images are linked in the article I found them in.

Images of Blizzard's Cancelled Survival Game 'Odyssey' Leak Online

Blizzard's cancelled survival MMO, Odyssey, has leaked online. Check out the images here and see what we lost when this game was shut down.

insider-gaming.com

Cancel me if this is old news.

 

[Hudo]

Is this using the Overwatch engine?

 

[Spukc]

Is this using the Shit engine?

 

[demented waffle]

Damn, that looked pretty interesting. Well besides the clipping.

 

[Hudo]

Is this using the Shit engine?

Doesn't look like Unreal Engine 5 to me, tho.

 

[Hookshot]

Looks completely unremarkable, which is not what I'd expect from the varied WoW biomes. Looks less interesting that Elwynn forest did 20 years ago

 

[Hudo]

Looks less interesting that Elwynn forest did 20 years ago

also a lot less cybersex going on than in Elwynn.

 

[Sentenza]

also a lot less cybersex going on than in Elwynn.

..Was this a thing on Alliance side?

 

[Big Baller]

Not enough purple

 

[Hudo]

..Was this a thing on Alliance side?

Maybe. I mean, we had elves and dwarf women. It was bound to happen.

And it did.

 

[Hookshot]

..Was this a thing on Alliance side?

There was a pub in the village, certain servers would take things a tad too far in there.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Kind of looks like that other survival game, Enshrouded I think it's called.

 

[Sentenza]

Aaanyway, for all the past talks about how the game "was shaping up to be something phenomenal and the entire studio was incredibly proud of it" I can't honestly say I'm impressed with what I'm seeing in these images.

Yeah, sure, incomplete prototype and so on... But still, there's nothing here catching my attention and making me say "You can immediately tell that with Blizzard's money and expertise this will run circles around any other survival on Steam".

 

[azertydu91]

It reminds me of Fenix immortal rising...Or a name like that.

 

[ManaByte]

..Was this a thing on Alliance side?

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Their other projects better be really good to justify cancelling this one.

 

[Drake]

You know, a lot of these newer games have this certain aesthetic to it. I have a hard time articulating exactly what it is. The overall feel of the art style is too clean and bland, at least to me. Dune Spice Wars (while I do enjoy that game) basically has the exact same aesthetic as the Blizzard game posted in the OP.

 

[Punished Miku]

Is this using the Shit engine?

Diarrhea Engine

 

[Represent.]

That generic GAAS/kiddy artstyle strikes again

 

[Cyberpunkd]

There was a pub in the village, certain servers would take things a tad too far in there.

Fucking RPers.

 

[Bradamante3D]

You know, a lot of these newer games have this certain aesthetic to it. I have a hard time articulating exactly what it is. The overall feel of the art style is too clean and bland, at least to me. Dune Spice Wars (while I do enjoy that game) basically has the exact same aesthetic as the Blizzard game posted in the OP.

It's pretty much the DOTA 2 aesthetic. Low contrast, low saturation color scheme, with a stylized, "era-appropriate" font over it. All about readability.

 

[Spyxos]

You can guess why it was discontinued.

 

[Hudo]

Fucking RPers.

Literally

 

[Goalus]

Would really like to know what the reasons for cancelling this one were.

 

[Goalus]

You know, a lot of these newer games have this certain aesthetic to it. I have a hard time articulating exactly what it is. The overall feel of the art style is too clean and bland, at least to me. Dune Spice Wars (while I do enjoy that game) basically has the exact same aesthetic as the Blizzard game posted in the OP.

You mean the "mobile game aesthetic"?
For some reason these screens don't exude it that much imho.

 

[proandrad]

I hate survival games. I'm happy it was canceled and I hope it burns in hell. Make a new MMO Blizzard.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[MethodRed]

A Robin Hood mobile game, no thanks

 

[nkarafo]

You know, a lot of these newer games have this certain aesthetic to it. I have a hard time articulating exactly what it is. The overall feel of the art style is too clean and bland, at least to me.

It's pretty much the DOTA 2 aesthetic. Low contrast, low saturation color scheme, with a stylized, "era-appropriate" font over it. All about readability.

That generic GAAS/kiddy artstyle strikes again

You mean the "mobile game aesthetic"?

The art style looks like that because everything is made from the same material. That's why it always looks so generic and boring.

They use it so often in mobile games because it's easier to make, cheaper and less demanding for the hardware. But using it on consoles/PC is just lazy.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Damn, that looked pretty interesting. Well besides the clipping.

Was thinking this too. Assuming it wasn’t too far along, there was some real promise here

 

[Tomi]

It was right decision

This would be bigger flop than Concord

 

[vaibhavpisal]

It was right decision

This would be bigger flop than Concord

I imagine you don’t know the genre this belongs to?

Then people complain of hand holding in their games.

 

[sainraja]

Looks pretty interesting based on the screenshots... but I probably would have skipped given the genre (survival/crafting games seem to require too much commitment). Blizzard just needs to work on the next WarCraft. We want WarCraft 4!

 

[Mr1999]

Damn, that looked pretty interesting. Well besides the clipping.

Yes, it did look very interesting, but that’s probably why it will never see the light of day. Blizzard has a history of doing this with many of their projects, they often strip them down for assets and then dilute them into games as they did with Overwatch. I initially enjoyed Overwatch, but found it lacked depth and lost interest over time. Still, I believe Blizzard has the potential to create great games, I'm enjoying The War Within so far. However, I don't think Blizzard wants to introduce a game that requires players to invest time to learn. They seem to prefer quick, straightforward gameplay, much like how they developed the Overwatch story, which I found rather cringe worthy.